Medical Personnel Can Register Via WhatsApp Chatbot To Receive Vaccines

JAKARTA - The first wave of the vaccination program has started. Health workers (health workers) are the first group prioritized to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

As for medical personnel who have not received vaccine notifications, they can re-register through the official WhatsApp chatbot of the Ministry of Communication and Information.

"Together with the Ministry of Health and with the support of WhatsApp, we also provide this chatbot to function as a data input channel for health workers whose data has not been inputted yet," said the Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G Plate in his official statement, Sunday, January 17.

Johnny explained, the chatbot will direct health workers to the pedulilindung.id site. The data inputted will be directed to the Covid-19 Vaccination One Data Information System.

This WhatsApp chat can be accessed at the following link or by saving the number 081110500567 in WhatsApp contacts. Through this chatbot, health workers can fill in their personal data according to the instructions in the message.

"Health workers who have not received vaccination notification via SMS PEDULICOVID can send data through the channel by following the steps directed in the chatbot," he explained.

The data received will be collected in a database and validated by One Data System. If the data entered is valid, then further registration is carried out via the pedulil Protected.id site, the PeduliL Protects application, and the UMB number * 119 #.

Johnny said, after the data was verified, health workers could register to make an appointment at a nearby health facility and get confirmation regarding the timing and place of the vaccine.

The provision of the WhatsApp chatbot service is also a follow-up to the Joint Decree, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology regarding the One Data Covid-19 Vaccination Information System.

"We hope that the WhatsApp channel will reach all human resources for health workers," he concluded.